I could even forgive the overexposure if the same stations didn't limit, say, the Four Tops to "I Can't Help Myself" and "Reach Out, I'll Be There." Popular music may have peaked during the '60s, not least because there was so much going on in so many directions. And I get really steamed by the limits set by so much oldies radio.

And as much as I like XM's '60s channel, and as deeply as they dig into the vaults, it drives me crazy that they have to start off every hour with a Beatles song.

Take a look at buffistarawk2, Sean.

I could even forgive the overexposure if the same stations didn't limit, say, the Four Tops to "I Can't Help Myself" and "Reach Out, I'll Be There."

This is a fair point, Fred. And I've experienced it as well. I'm all for lots of different Beatles tunes, but to play those at the expense of the vast oceans of other great music being made at the time is downright criminal.

::clutches White Album to chest. and selects it on iPod::

Also, I think I've mentioned how much I love "Temporary Secretary"....

Take a look at buffistarawk2, Sean.

BWAH! Thanks, Scola. What a hilarious mashup.

I LOVES me them Beatles. I get the overexposure thing, though. I do need to take breaks from their music for months or even years to regain the mad love again, but it never goes away. I need to do that with most music I love. I find most of the Post-Beat's solo work doesn't hold up well for me. Maybe Ram.

I find most of the Post-Beat's solo work doesn't hold up well for me. Maybe Ram.

I do listen to Band on the Run still. I've always thought "Let Me Roll It" was a lovely concilatory gesture from Paul to John. (It was in response to John's rather mean "How Do You Sleep At Night" and Paul recorded "Let Me Roll It" [not a drug reference] in the same production style as John's work of the time with big, echoey bathroom reverb.)

Also "Jet" is great, so is "Helen Wheels." No duff tracks really, though "Mamumia" can be irritatingly ear wormy.

There's a lot of solo Paul I love. C'mon, "Magneto and Titanium Man"!

I would love to hear David and Scrappy's opinions on Dance Tonight after a couple of listens. It's really wormed its way into my brain.

And while I can see the KFOG listeners criticisms, that's what Paul has always written, so I don't know what they were expecting.

There's a lot of solo Paul I love. C'mon, "Magneto and Titanium Man"!

I have a real soft spot for "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey", though I suspect that's one of the specific songs Hec was thinking of earlier with his "pot addled lyrics" comment.

ETA: As for Dance Tonight, I described it to someone as a big audio hug from Paul. The sound of Paul (and really, any of the Beatles) is a very comforting sound to me.

Band on the Run came out at the perfect time for me. I bought "Jet" and the title track as singles when I was 11.

It's so wrapped up in my discovery of popular music that I can't see it objectively.

I finally bought the album when I was in college.